Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1907 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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ARREST OF FORMER RENSSELAER BOY.

Fred Donnelly, eon of B. M. Donnelly, at one time located in Rensselaer in the photographic business, was arrested at Monticello Monday, charged with having last week stolen a diamond ring from the home of his unde, Thomas E. Donnelly of near Monticello. After his arrest he admitted the theft, and said that he had pawned it to a Lafayette saloon keeper for $27. At the time of his arrest he bad but eight cents of the amount left. It is also charged that the young man had hired livery rigs and had them charged to his uncle Thomas and also had beard bills charged to him, all of whioh was unauthorized. The ring was recovered and the boy is now in jail in Monticello, Fred is well known in Rensselaer, where the family resided for a year or so. His folks now live in Chicago where he also makes his hQme. He had been visiting about Monticello and Idaville a week or two before the theft. Later: Evidently the matter was fixed up in some way and young Donnelly released from jail, as he came to Rensselaer Tuesday night and remained here until Wednesday night.

A FIGHT IN THE POSTOFFICE

A disgraceful fracas occurred in the postoffice here Thursday evening in which some blood was spilled and anamosities engendered that may result in something else. As near as we can ascertain the facts Mrs, F. B. Myers, wife of ex-postmaster Myers, was assisting temporarily in the office, and during the afternoon she and Comrade Fox, the mail carrier between the postoffioe and the depot, who was also back in the office proper, got into a dispute, and it is alleged that Comrad struck Mrs. Meyers, though not hard enough to hurt her seriously. Tyhen she went home to supper she told her brother,Bert Hopkins, of the occurrence and he came down town looking for someone about Comrad’s size. He found him in the postoffice, back in the mail distributing part, and, a fight was at once started. Comrad is said to have got a black eye and Bert fell against the iron railing and cut a bad gash in his forehead which bled profusely. At this writing no arrests have been made, although some people seem to think that as the fracas occurred in the mail distributing department that Uncle Sam may take a hand in the matter. Mr. Meyers is out of town or perhaps he might have tak,en the matter of avenging the alleged insult to his wife in his own hands.

COMMUNICATED.

Some reasons why we should favo.r the electric .railroad subsidy, to be voted for on Tuesday, the tenth day of September, 1907: Ist The law requires that no moneysof saidsubsidy shall be paid to said railroad company until a .train of cars be run over the line, or until we are assured of a railroad. 2nd. It furnishes a permanent revenae to the township whioh it rune through in the shape of taxes, «nd the money in time returns to the donors, and thereby benefits every tax-payer, and these taxes will never cease so long as the road exists. 3rd. The opportunity to get a railroad comes so rarely, that I believe we will> make a fatal error if we lose the present one, 4th. The practical consumation of the purchase of the Gifford road by the Vanderbilts means the extension of that line from McGoysburg south to Lafayette and north to Chicago, whioh in my humble opinion means a greater calamity to Rensselaer than the McCoy bank ‘failure, unless we are succesfful in getting the present electric line. The tax amounts to fifteen dol- , lars on every thousand dollars of assessed valuation of real and personal property, to be collected, as I understand the law requires, one-half in one year and the other half the following year, without interest, and cannot be collected or turned over to suoh railroad company until the road is assured. / Respectfully, Warren Robinson

Lost: —At Fountain Park or between Rensselaer and Fountain Park “Bryan Day,” a D. At R. pin No. 15314, with inscription on back of “Mrs. E. P. Honan, Rensse- ’ laer, Ind.” A suitable reward will be paid for its return to the above address.

THE COURT HOUSE

Iteiiis Picked Up About tin County Capitol. The White circuit court convened lass Monday. | Eight marriage licenses were issued lasi month, against four for the month previous and seven for August, 1906. Miss Vera P&rker has rav, rne d to her duties in the clerk’s ofn M|< after a month’s absence in Lafayl ette'where.she was employed as stenographer in the law office of Stuart, Hammond & Sims. The election, to vote a subsidy in Rensselaer and Marion tp., for the proposed electric railway from Lafayette to Chicago, will be held next Tuesday. Come out and vote your sentiments. Don’t stay at home and then complain about the result. Your vote may make the eleotion go the way you want it to go. —o — Preliminary township institutes will be held as follows: Jordan —Thursday, Sept. 5,1:30 p. m., Egypt. Keener, Wheatfield, Kankakee and Walker— Friday Sept. 6, 10:30 a. m., Wheatfield. Marion and Newton—Saturday, Sept. 7. 1:30 p. tn., Rensselaer. Barkley—Friday, Sept. 13, 1:30 p. m., Rensselaer. * Gillam—Saturday,Sept. 14,1:30 p. m., Center. Milroy and Hanging Grove— Saturday, Sept. 21, McCoysburg. Union—Saturday, Sept. 28,10:30 a. m., Parr. Special teacher’s examination will be held in office of County Supt. on Thursday, Sept. 12.

Marriage licenses issued: Sept, 4, Jacob C. Sayler of Jasper county, aged 55; occupation farmer, to Malinda Sayler of Newton county, aged 53, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each, they having been divorced in January, last and this being a re-marriage. August 31, Charley Krumnierch of Jasper county, aged 27, occupation farmer, to Ida Geib of Remington, aged 21, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Sept. 4, Bert Laßoche, of Rensselaer, aged 21, occupation cigar maker, to Goldie Meacham, also of Rensselaer, aged 19, occupation book-keeper. First marriage for each. Sept. 6, Frederick Miller Phillips of Rensselaer, aged 26, occupation tile mill worker, to Bessie Sink of Fair Oaks, aged 22, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. —o — The September term of the Jasper circuit court will convene Monday. The petit jury is called for the second Monday of the term, but thegrand jury although drawn has not been called and is not likely to be. Following are the names of those drawn on both the grand and petit jurors: tsrand jurors, A. S. Freeman Barkley tp. Fred Berger. .....Carpenter Oscar Hauter Marion C. R. Peregrines..... Kankakee G. B. Lewis. Barkley Geo. Parker Hanging Grove

PETIT JURORS. Henry C. Meyer* ..Walker P. O. Kennedy Wheatfield A. P. Burton Marion Wm. Folger : Barkley George W. Bond Barklev John F. Payne ;....... .Barkley John E. Alter Union Carey L. Carr.... .Newton Andrew Eller .....Carpenter ohn A. Knowlton. Marion . ohn Bill Jordan ames Lefler Hanging Grove ames L. Babcock .Union Charles Hensler . lordan Wm. Florence .'Union New suits filed: No. 7203, Erastus Peacock, vs. Florence Peacock; aotion for divorce. The parties to this suit both reside in Rensselaer and have lived here for more than a quarter of a .century, the plaintiff having been a mail clerk on the Monon for years. The complaint alleges that they were married Jan. 1, 1868, and separated in August 1906; that before their separation and daring their married fife defendant waa guilty of cruel and inhuman

Rensselaer, Jasper County. Indiana, Saturpay, September 7, 1907.

treatment of plaintiff in that she failed and refused to cohabit with him and refused to care for and prooure aid and medical attendance and food for plaintiff when he was sick; that as the fruits of said marriage they have four children, two girls who are married and two boys aged 18 and 14, respectively, which plaintiff asks the custody of; that plaintiff has no property except 10 aores of. land in-or adjoining Rensselaer which has been in the joint names of plaintiff and defendant, but which plhintiff avers really belongs to him, having been purchased by him from his father Johnathan Peacock. Decree of divorce, custody of the children and decree of ownership to said real estate is asked' for. 7204. William P. Fletoher vs. Jobu Baker* and E. Grant Sutton; suit c** notes. Demand S2OO. No. 7205. William \f. Sharp, et al, vs. Jesse J. Fry, et at; 00mplaint on bond, demand SBSO. No. 7256. Lavina Bisher vs. Laura L. Bisher, et al; suit to quiet title. At the meeting of the county council this week, attorney E. B. Sellers of Monticello filed the following bill for money paid out by him as attorney in the McCoy criminal, cases: C.O. Holmes (10.00 Expense to Hammond 2.00 Same to Bensselaer and Hammond...... 7.00 T. L. Buford clerk (mo.) 6.00 Tilton, recorder 6.50 C.O. Holmes 17.50 Tilton, recorder 2.25 Recorder Lake Co. 1.50 Express 55 N. C. Butler, clerk... 7.35 Leopold, board 30.00 Gravcß.board.... ........ 3tho6 Leopold, board 30.00 C. O. Holmes 2.30 Telephone and express 10.55 J. H. Chapman, board 45.75 True George 20.00 Express ......... .75 Ported, ex-recorder.... 5.00 Stenographer.... 25.00 Cash paid Bowers 5.00 Total $265.00

The statement was not sufficiently well itemized to render it intelligible to the general public, being precisely as given herewith, and was not sworn to. For the benefit of the uninitiated we will state that the “Leopold” mentioned is deputy prosecutor Mose Leopold of Rensselaer, the republican county secretary, and “Graves” is Prosecuting Attorney Graves. “Bowfcrs” is supposed to be Referee Bowers of Hammond. We don’t know who “Holmes” is nor what services he rendered.

The claim really was not looked upon favorably by the council, and when councilman L. P. Shirer made a motion to dismiss it, the motion was seconded by Councilman Porter and the motion carried by the votes of Shirer, Porter Parkison, Biggs and Babcock. Then Judge Hanley got up and gave the council a talk in which he thought it ought to be allowed, and told the council that it could reconsider the matter if it desired. This was was done and all voted in favor of allowing the claim at $l3O except Councilmen Shirer and Babcock, who voted “No.” The matter of tbeolaim not having been filed until the day previous was then mentioned by the writer, it not being included in the regular requisitions and therefore the taxpayers had had no opportunity to look Into the merits of the matter, as they are given in regular appropriations; and it was also pointed out that the oouncil had some time before made an appropriatiodkof SIOO to Mr. Leopold on account of expenses incurred in this trial, and that it was publicly argued by many people on the streets that the council did right in paying Leopold the SIOO as he had to pay board while there; that it was no more right to pay Chapman’s board than it was any other witness, etc. But it was decided that the order stood and these remarks went for naught. As a matter of faot, while there may be some morit in part of Mr. Sellers’ olaim, Jasper county has no legal right whatever to pay it as there was.no existing appropriation for any suoh expense at the time the services are alleged to have been rendered, nor do we believe the council can take up matters of this character that have been filed but one day previous to making the appropriation, although the learned county attorney—who is the republican county ohairman—told the oouncil otherwise.

55 CENT LEVY.

County Council Fixes Tax Levy for Next Year. REDUCTION OF 16c OVER LAST YEAR Eleven Cents of Which Is In Court House Bond Levy .—Report of Council Proceedings. The county council met in regular session Tuesday. The meeting seems to have been a rather joint meeting with the county commissioners, and.the republican county chairman occupied a position at the head of the table and seemed to be the chief mogul of the meeting whenever the writer was in the room. Jay W. Williams, whose appointment as city councilman last September rendered him ineligible, was euoceeded by R. A. Parkison. Mr. Parkison is a member of the city school board, and the requirement for a member of the county council is that he must not hold any state, county or municipal office, and if city sobool trustee fa a municipal office, then Mr. Parkison is also ineligible. Other members of the council are Frank J. Babcock, L. P. Shirer, Robert Drake, Walter Porter, John Biggs and John Martindale.

Wednesday noon the council apd commissioners were feted on fried chicken and ice-cream at the I»or farm, and after returning to iisn the matter of appropriations asked for was taken up and everything went through like a greased pig, as asked for except that E. B. {Sellers’ claim for $265 was cut down to $l3O, and some interested land owners who asked for S6OO to assist in paying damages allowed for opening a highway in Jordan township that had been srdered established by the circuit court were turned down by a vote of 4to 3. Not all the members voted for everything that was proposed, but in some matters where it was proposed to trim a little they were outnumbered and everything went. The tax-levy for next year was fixed at 55 cents, 50 cents for all regular county purposes and 5 cents for interest on court house bonds. This is a reduction of about 16 cents over last vear, 11 cents of which is in the matter of court house bonds. Perhaps the fact that there is to be an election next fall had something to do with this redaction, but as the valuation has been increased considerably this levy ought to bring in nearly as much money as that of last year. The ordinance carries a total appropriation of $61,706.89, divided as follows:

Clerk’a office, salary and supplies.... $1,763.50 Auditor’s office, same 2,737.00 Treasurer’s office, 5ame...,........... 2,504.85 Recorder’s office, same 2.249.40 Sheriff’s office, same and repairs jail 1,744.60 Surveyor’s office, same 2,109.75 County Supt’s office, same.... ...... 1,651.00 County Assessor’s office, same. 625.25 Circuit court expenses 6,626.00 Expenses court house and metalcase soy auditor 's office 3,201,25 County jail expenses 150.00 Poor farm, salary and maintenance. 3,200.00 Two brideea in Mtiroy tp 1,600.00 Bridge repairs 2.500.00 Commlseioners’court 950.00 Salary county attorney.... 400.00 Board of health... 1.... J... 258.34 Repairs free gravel roads: Ist Diet, 91,900; 2d Dist. *7,C00; 3d Dist. 91,500.. 10,000.00 Township assessors, per diem and supplies 2.278.20 Henoveient institutions..,. ..... 580.00 Public advertising 700.00 Board of Review 315.00 Insanity inquests........ 261.00 Refunding erronous taxes 250.00 Ditch funds advanced . 1,000.00 Highway vletrcM.... 100.00 School funds to reimburse interest.. 200.00 Free gravel roads, advanced 300.00 County teachers'institute 100.00 Insurance.... . 150.00 Burial soldiers 300.00 Truant officer.... ...» 215.00 Janitor teachers’ institute 12.00 Wolf and fox soalp bounties 200.00 Medical aid, poor farm aud jail 36.00 Ditch repairs.... 4,650.75 Grand total J $61,706,89 The' following additional appropriations are made for 1907. John O'Connor, expense highways.... $174.10 M. W. Coppess taking enumeration voters... 12.00 W. B. Yeoman, same...., 12.00 H. F. Feldman, same.... 12.00 ( has. Stalbaum, same 800 A, A. Fell, same..... 13,00 R. A. Hannan, same IZXtQ Wash Cook, same g.oo Great Davisson, same * 14.00 Chee. Stackhouse, same 19,00

G. L. Park*, same 8.00 Harvey DonUsun, tame........ 14.00 C.'E. Sage, same 10.00 W. J. Solt, emergency bd.of health.... 23.25 S. R. Niehola, exp. treaaurer’a office.. 10.00 Jaa. M. Sprigga, dltoh repair 4.00 S. R. Nichols, tax Evers ditch...,. 34.00 Same, Horton ditch 23.00 Same, Iroquois ditch.... 3.55 Willis Supply Co., repairs jail.... t 2.40 Sprinkling street! 45.00 Highway laws 25.00 Dltoh laws 25.00 School 1aw5...,... 12.50 County order books ~ 40.00 Clerk's supplies .' 100.00 Poor children in 5ch001....; 50.00 Pox and wolf b0unty........ 100.00 Expense special election 100.00 Bridge repair, Newton tp... 400.00 Railing, auditor’s office.... 75.00 Bridge repair, Barkley tp, 200.00 Per diem epunty council 70.00 New bridge in Union tp 990.00 Two new bridges, Gillam 1,200.00 Repairs boiler house 450.00 Advanced, ditches 1,000.00 E, B. Sellers, McCoy ca5e5....«■»......... 130.00 Bridge repairs, Union tp...., 100.00 Same, Jordan 650.00 Furniture, surveyor's office.... 200,00 Total J 8.350.80

The county commissioners finished the work of their September term Wednesday and adjourned. Followifag is a report in brief of their proceedings: Contract for furnishing supplies for the poor farm for the next three months were awarded as follows: Groceries, John Eger, sllß,61; Porter & Kresler, dry goods, $55; Roth Bros.; meats, $10.25. John Greve resigned as justice of the jaeace at Wheatfield, and John Holliday was appointed to succeed him. F. R. Irwin, who was elected J. P. in Union, failed to qualify and on petition of F. W. Goff et al Chae, Mandaville was appointed. County officers reported the following fees collected during the quarter ending August 31: Recorder, *392.70; Sheriff, $195.38; Clerk, $178.85; Auditor, $45.50. Trustee of Hanging Grove tp., was granted permission to extend additional poor relief to the amount of sls per quarter to Mrs. Ora Turner. Trustee of Walker tp., was granted same permission for aid of Wm. Mattock. Report oT poor farm superintendent showed 13 inmates of poor asylum, 10 male and 3 female. The receipts of farm for the quarter were $499.16 and expenses $776 59, leaving' a deficit of $277.Wesner highway ordered established in Walker tp., highway to be 50 feet wide. Viewers heretofore appointed in the G. F. Meyers highway petition declined to act and John R. Lewis, Wm. Daniels and Robt. Michal appointed, to meet Sept. 16. Frank Fenzil ditch referred to drainage commissioners, and T. F. Maloney appointed third commissioner, o meet Sept. 25. More time asked for report in the Davis-Jungles ditch. Drainage commissioners granted until Sept. 23 to report in Everett Halstead ditch and John J. Borntrager ditch. Geo. B. Switzer appointed superintendent of the E. P. Honan ditch.

WANTED FOR OVER-DRIYING LIVERY HORSE

A young man giving the name of Eiffert and stating that he was from Chicago and wanted to drive out to O. E. Brown’s on one of John Makeever’s farms some miles northwest of town, hired a rig at Knapp’s livery barn last Sun day morning to drive out there. He returned a few hours later and the horse bore such evidence of having beea overdriven, Mr. Knapp says that he took the fellow to task about it, but that he broke and run out of the barn and succeeded in getting out of town before a warrant that was sworn out for his arrest could be served. Sunday was a very hot day and one would have to exercise good judgement in driving to keep from overheating a horse, but it is a lamentable fact that there are too many people who no judgement or do not care a rap about driving the life out of a poor horse regardless of weather conditions, and especially a livery horde. Mr. Knapp wanted to make an example of this particular hard driver and would haye done so had he been 'able to have gotten hold of him. The horse, he states, has not been fit to use this week nor will not be for several days, yet.' J , . Another car load—7,ooo rods— Pittsburg Perfect Eleotric-Welded Fence just received. Chicago Bargain Store.

Vol. X. No. 23

A COMING ATTRACTION

The Bparkling musical comedy “Toyland” which is booring such a pronounced hit oomes to the Ellis Opera House on Saturday, Sept. 7. “Toyland” is announced as a rollicing, jingling, mnsical show in two acts by Sam Morris, music by Hampton Durand. The story of the play revolves around incidents occurring in a quaint old toy shop in Nuremberg, Germany, where to the amazement jof the old toy maker, he finds that through some mysterious witchery, his dglfa and toy soldiers have come to life. “Toyland” is a delightful play, pleasing to the eye and ear, and should be patronized particularly by parents and their children. Remember it’s tonight.

A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

There seems to be a difference of opinion among farmers who have bought those general purpose farm jacks regarding the quality of iron they are made of and their durability, most of them stating that they are all right and are not easily broken; that with exercising ordinary judgment in using them they will last a lifetime. It is reported that about 700 of the jacks were sold in this county and that about a dozen farmers and others have bought county rights—or, rather, bought so many machines and been given a county to sell them in, as patent rights seem to have been looked upon by our law-makers as something of a swindle, and it is illegal, we are told, to sell territory. This is avoided by selling a number of machines and giving the buyer the territory. About S2OO was paid lh each case, we understand, for the number of machines given with a county. But no matter what merit these machines possess, we doubt if any of the purchasers ever sell enough of them to get their money back. It takes a smooth-tongued canvasser to sell such things, and a farmer or any one else that has had no experience in this line will ninety-nine times out of a hundred lose about all he puts into it. Take The Democrat’s advice and don’t listen to the man with a patent right to sell. We have seen hundreds of men who “bought territory” but have never seen one who made a dollar out of it.

CITY SCHOOLS OPENED.

Enrollment This Year Is Five Hun' dred and Forty Pupils. The city schools opened Monday with a good attendance. The enrollment reaches a total of 540, divided as follows: GRADES. First Year 40 Second Year (two rooms) 72 Third Year 35 Fourth Year. 37 Fifth Year 46 Sixth Year 41 Seventh Year... 41 Eighth Year 45 HIGH SCHOOL. Freshman ’..... 73 Sophomore.. 40 Junior 40 Senior 30 Clerks Wanted: —Experienced man aud lady beginners. The 99c Racket Btore.

FOND HOPES BLASTED

He wasa north-eud school teacher attending institute here last week. She was one of the new crop of school-maams, turned out last spriug by the Rensselaer high school. They met and he was smitten. He declared bis ailment and said: “I have never loved before.” “Then keep moving,” said the Rensselaer maiden, “I’m not running a kindergarten.” See the new Fall Dress Goods, Tennis Flannels, Cloaks, etc. Chicago Bargain Store.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Sept. 1, to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Haggles, in town, a son. Sept. 3, to Mr. and Mrs. Alva Miller of Hanging drove tp , a son. Sept. 5, to Mr. and Samuel Richardson, of north of town a daughter. The new Royal Acorn, the perfect base burner, and the best in the world. Samples now here. Chicago Bargain Store. Catalog sample room.